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posted by martyb on Saturday January 19 2019, @03:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the devil^Wdiablo-in-the-details dept.

The team behind the popular Median XL mod for Diablo 2 has released Median XL: Sigma 1.0.0, a new version that updates the engine and many game mechanics:

The Diablo 2 Median XL mod will be getting a massive overhaul next month, which updates the original game engine.

The Median XL mod has been around for ages, and the mod's development team has announced that it will be moving the popular mod to a new engine, the Sigma Engine. The team promises that the new engine generally removes limitations from the original one, and offers opportunities for bigger inventories and rooms alongside other general improvements.

The improvements include increasing the resolution to 1024x768, individual skill cooldowns, and removal of death penalties. Previous versions of the mod, such as Median XL Ultimative, have had good performance in Linux using WINE.

At Blizzcon in November, Diablo publisher Blizzard announced a mobile game, Diablo: Immortal, which was met with a near-universal backlash from Diablo fans and seen as a reskinned attempt at catering to the Chinese gaming market. Later, there was some speculation that Blizzard had intended to announce a PC-oriented Diablo 4 at Blizzcon but delayed it at the last moment, which Blizzard has since denied.

Median XL: Sigma changelog. Trailer (2m34s).

Also at PCGamesN and DSOG.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:47AM (#788569)

    Cease and desist bombing incoming!

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @08:19AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @08:19AM (#788588)

    At Blizzcon in November, Diablo publisher Blizzard announced a mobile game, Diablo: Immortal, which was met with a near-universal backlash from Diablo fans and seen as a reskinned attempt at catering to the Chinese gaming market.

    Don't you have phones?

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @09:09PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @09:09PM (#788765)

      The problem is that they keep releasing garbage games under the Diablo name. Blizzard hasn't released a good game in a great number of years. Instead they prefer to cash in on names that they haven't yet run into the ground. Star Craft II is a pretty good example, it's a terrible game that was ruined because of their obsession with turning it into an esport title without considering what that did to the single player and non-competitive multiplayer market. Not that the original was that great, at the time it was a bunch of fun, but it hasn't help up very well.

      Diablo 3 was terrible, they forced everybody that wanted to play to do so in multiplayer because we allegedly weren't smart enough to know whether we wanted to play single player or multiplayer.

      Blizzard used to be great back in the '90s, but now they're garbage.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:52AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:52AM (#788976)

        I totally skipped Diablo 3. 'Must have internet access'. FFS. Why.
        No, just, no.

        They worry so much about people copying their game only to find that people don't play it. So funny.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @08:31AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @08:31AM (#788589)

    Been a long time since I played Median XL. And. I have been pretty bored with the current videogame market save Monhun. Guess I should just go back to the classics.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday January 20 2019, @02:37AM

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday January 20 2019, @02:37AM (#788871) Journal

      That challenge you had to finish before level 6 seems to have been removed. In general, some annoyances have been removed.

      I had trouble running the game until I switched from windowed mode to fullscreen. Then I was using Glide for the graphics output and the framerate got pretty low at times. I'll test the other modes in fullscreen soon.

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